Finish wiki personal page
CLUE assignment Step 1:
Take 3 photos of dorm room decorations (e.g., doors, spaces)
(Note: use your cell phone; alternatively, drawings or notes are fine)
Take 5 time diaries: ask students what they did (and how much time they spent on each activity) over the last 24 hours.
(Note: you can use your cellphone for this, too, by texting the question to friends who are college students; or you can ask hall/house mates)
What do the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Short video with explanations of upcoming assignments
For 9/9:
CLUE assignment Step 1b:
Do the same as you did before, but this time for another cultural group/setting (e.g., a space within a school, like a classroom; the women's center; the Moose Exchange)
Take photos/observations of the decoration and arrangement of the spaces
Take time diaries and find out how people spend time during a typical day.
What do the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of this particular group? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Participate in online discussion here: http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/Lit%252526Soc0916
CLUE assignment Step 2a (I know this has been hard to complete because you were off campus; for this reason, I've moved this back to allow you to complete on Saturday/Sunday/Monday)
Spend at least half an hour in a public space on campus (like a dining hall, cafe, or common room): map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE assignment Step 2b:
Spend at least half an hour in a public space associated with another cultural group/setting (like a classroom, or a movie theater lobby) map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE assignment Step 3a:
Interview 2 people "unlike you" using questions we developed.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE assignment Step 3b:
Interview 2 people "unlike you" (local elementary school students or teachers; sports team members; Harry Potter fans using questions you develop.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Step 1 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an incoming BU student/a new member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE due 10/10
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Step 2 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an family/faculty memer or an experienced member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
What a college degree means to employers
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Step 3 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an a potential employer or an outsider to your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter), and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Education Satires
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Step 4 of the EAR assignment:
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment as satire? Find 3 examples of satires, and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
TELL assignment Step 1:
What do you believe is the purpose of a college education?
What does it mean to be educated?
What experiences have you had with education that led you to this belief?
Post your response to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09
EAR assignment due 11/14
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
TELL Step 2:
Choose 3 artifacts/moments that represent your past (before college), your present (at college), and your (imagined) future (after college): Tell the story of these three moments in specific scenes with telling details. Post draft to new page and link to personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
EAR assignment due 11/14
Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16
Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
TELL Step 3:
How will you link together the three artifacts/stories you have chosen to TELL about your past, present, and future education? What "repetend" or linking mechanism might you use (e.g., a theme? song lyrics? genre?)
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Discussion The Notebook
Writing/Editing practice:
Character/Point of view
TELL draft due 11/30
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
TELL draft due 11/30
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
TELL draft due 11/30
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
TELL due 12/07
Prepare for Lit Circles3
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Prepare for Lit Circles4
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
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Intros/Syllabus/assignments
Voices from the past
Intro to CLUE Assignment
sherry-adaptation12/Culture-Discourse-College Life|Culture/Discourse/College Life
CLUE assignment Step 1:
Take 3 photos of dorm room decorations (e.g., doors, spaces)
(Note: use your cell phone; alternatively, drawings or notes are fine)
Take 5 time diaries: ask students what they did (and how much time they spent on each activity) over the last 24 hours.
(Note: you can use your cellphone for this, too, by texting the question to friends who are college students; or you can ask hall/house mates)
What do the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Response model
A closer look
Groupwork
My Freshman Year 1-40
and
On Ethnography 1-26
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Labor Day
My Freshman Year 1-40
and
On Ethnography1-26
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE assignment Step 1b:
Do the same as you did before, but this time for another cultural group/setting (e.g., a space within a school, like a classroom; the women's center; the Moose Exchange)
Take photos/observations of the decoration and arrangement of the spaces
Take time diaries and find out how people spend time during a typical day.
What do the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of this particular group? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
and
On Ethnography 27-47
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Participate in online discussion here:
http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/Lit%252526Soc0916
CLUE assignment Step 2a (I know this has been hard to complete because you were off campus; for this reason, I've moved this back to allow you to complete on Saturday/Sunday/Monday)
Spend at least half an hour in a public space on campus (like a dining hall, cafe, or common room): map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Writing/Editing practice:
Arranging evidence
The 3 INs
Spend at least half an hour in a public space associated with another cultural group/setting (like a classroom, or a movie theater lobby) map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Groupwork:
Public space
Interview Qs
and
On Ethnography 68-82
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Interview 2 people "unlike you" using questions we developed.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
How Others See Us
"Community/ies" at Bloomsburg
Interview 2 people "unlike you" (local elementary school students or teachers; sports team members; Harry Potter fans using questions you develop.
What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community?
Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Discussion
post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review
Revisit Assignment, rubric
Video model: Getting a CLUE about Peer Review
post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review
Using a Writer's Revision Sheet
Purpose
Audience
Genre
Engagement
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an incoming BU student/a new member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
CLUE due 10/10
Group
Genre conventions
Technique:CRAP
Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity
http://ww.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v1n4/homepage.html
http://educationnext.org/e-d-hirsch-and-civic-education/
Group 2 - On "Social Processes"
Group 3 - On "Ways of Thinking"
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/welleducated.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxLCtADvCik&feature=related
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Debate: New General Education Plan
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an family/faculty memer or an experienced member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an a potential employer or an outsider to your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter), and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Discussion
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Discussion: Satire/Remix
Writing/Editing practice: Remix
Online publishing: Formatpixel
Word Clouds: Wordle example
Image Editors: Picnik, Gimp example
and Image Annotation: VoiceThread
Video Editors:
Online, iMovie, MovieMaker: example
and Video Annotation: Viddler
Audio editors: Myna, Audacity, example
Free sound effects:
http://www.grsites.com/sounds/ and http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
Comic Creators
Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment as satire? Find 3 examples of satires, and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
One mode, different genres
Genres change (convention & variation)
Group task: synthesis
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts;
Bring 3 copies of drafts to class
Packaging and reflection on your project
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts;
Bring 3 copies of drafts to class
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts
Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09
Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts
Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09
Inspirational video (Why TELLing your story is important)
What do you believe is the purpose of a college education?
What does it mean to be educated?
What experiences have you had with education that led you to this belief?
Post your response to a new page and link to your personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09
EAR assignment due 11/14
Where I'm From poems and Showing/Telling Details
- http://thisibelieve.org/essay/18333/
- http://thisibelieve.org/essay/12782/
- http://thisibelieve.org/essay/37061/
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.EAR assignment due 11/14
Lit Circle Groups meet to set schedule
Choose 3 artifacts/moments that represent your past (before college), your present (at college), and your (imagined) future (after college): Tell the story of these three moments in specific scenes with telling details. Post draft to new page and link to personal page.
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
EAR assignment due 11/14
Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16
Groupwork: Artifacts of Education
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
How will you link together the three artifacts/stories you have chosen to TELL about your past, present, and future education? What "repetend" or linking mechanism might you use (e.g., a theme? song lyrics? genre?)
Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
The Notebook
Writing/Editing practice:
Character/Point of view
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Thanksgiving
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Thanksgiving
Prepare for Lit Circles2
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Prepare for Lit Circles3
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
Have a great spring! Keep in touch!